Berkeley Copwatch Demands Release of Racial Profiling Report

Berkeley Police Chief Andy Greenwood has told the Police Review Commission that, although a report on racial profiling has finally been provided to him by the Center for Equity Policing (CPE) he doesn’t want to release it yet. While the chief would like the report to be revised and delayed further, Berkeley Copwatch is demanding its immediate release.

Chief Greenwood must let the people read the report and stop the delaying tactics. The City of Berkeley needs to know about their profiling problem and take steps to address it. People of Color in Berkeley have endured a two-year delay waiting for the city’s response to police based racism in our city. The Chief should not be trying to co-write the report at this point. He should comment on the report as it was submitted to him, and respect the fact that racism is an urgent matter and every day that racism is allowed to continue unchecked is another day of violence against communities of color.

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